As a liberal, bon vivant actress, Tallulah lived life to the fullest. She learned, grew and developed. As Einstein once wrote, “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” I would add, avoiding new things for fear of failing is a recipe for a boring life.

I admire the social and political activism of companies like Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Company. They have fought big government and big business for years… often going beyond mere acts of philanthropy. Their mission, and many other emerging companies (Community Benefit Corporations, in particular), is to literally change ways of doing business and, ultimately, change the world.

The world I’ve experienced has not seen a major war for decades … none of my generation has gone off to battle. We have not tasted death. Does that disqualify me from writing about it? I think not. But it does make me treasure the life I’ve been given.

My message is, quite simply, no one has all the answers. And if you think about our precarious existence on this tiny orb called earth, which could be wiped out at any moment by a giant asteroid or a nuclear war and is located in an infinite and ever expanding universe, it all seems beyond understanding.